Armed Forces Fully Prepared to Defend Iran: FM
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Armed Forces are ready to protect the country resolutely against any foreign aggression, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stressed.
In a telephone conversation on Thursday, Araqchi and his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov talked about the latest regional developments following the recent Israeli and American war of aggression against Iran.
The Iranian foreign minister said the international community is responsible to hold the Zionist regime and the United States accountable for law-breaking and flagrant aggression against the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Iran.
Araqchi emphasized that the Iranian Armed Forces are decisively prepared to defend the country against any act of aggression.
For his part, the foreign minister of Turkmenistan welcomed a ceasefire in the fighting between Iran and the Zionist regime, expressing hope for the reduction of tensions in the region.
Pointing to the meetings between senior Turkmen and Iranian officials, Meredov voiced Ashgabat’s readiness to broaden relations with Tehran.
The Zionist regime waged an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on June 13. It carried out airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear, military and residential sites that resulted in the martyrdom of over 600 people, including top military commanders, nuclear scientists and ordinary citizens.
The Iranian military forces started counterattacks immediately afterwards. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force carried out 22 waves of retaliatory missile strikes against the Zionist regime as part of Operation True Promise III that inflicted heavy losses on cities across the occupied territories.
A ceasefire that came into force on June 24 has brought the fighting to a halt.
